Friday, March 13, 2015

From opposite sides of the Skagerrak strait, Norway’s Crown Prince
Haakon and Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik switched on a new power
connection between their two countries.
At the exact same time as Frederik turned a handle in Denmark, Haakon
turned a matching handle in Norway to let electricity flow freely
between the two regions.
During the handle turning, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Prince
Haakon were able to speak to each other via a live TV-transmission.

The new cable, which runs from Kristianssand in Norway to Viborg in
Denmark, is 240 kilometres in length and is the fourth of its kind
running underwater across Skagerrak. The price of this new connection is
2.6 billion Danish kroner.

Photo: Scanpix

Photo: Scanpix

Creating this new power connection between Denmark and Norway means
that selling and buying electricity among the two countries has now
become easier.